Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 179 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 49% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6035.25 on Saturday, March 28th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on Jul 23, 2025

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 49.75 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 59.65% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 278,231 acre feet

This is 134.97% of the average of 206,136 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 126,748 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 134,963 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 151,483 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 271.2% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 91.11% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -0.90 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is at high for water year and up 14.81 feet from the low.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is up 1.91 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sat, Mar 28, 2026
6035.25
0.21
1,011,587
1549
271
73.0
40.5
Fri, Mar 27, 2026
6035.04
0.16
1,009,463
1146
268
80.6
43.9
Thu, Mar 26, 2026
6034.88
0.18
1,007,847
1323
266
81.1
47.8
Wed, Mar 25, 2026
6034.70
0.17
1,006,032
1388
263
86.5
46.0
Tue, Mar 24, 2026
6034.53
0.27
1,004,320
1903
261
80.4
46.9
Mon, Mar 23, 2026
6034.26
0.25
1,001,605
2011
259
78.6
42.3
Sun, Mar 22, 2026
6034.01
0.14
999,096
1223
259
77.7
45.0
Sat, Mar 21, 2026
6033.87
0.12
997,694
1061
260
86.5
37.9
Fri, Mar 20, 2026
6033.75
0.11
996,493
1208
259
83.3
39.4
Thu, Mar 19, 2026
6033.64
0.07
995,393
807
259
79.2
33.1
Wed, Mar 18, 2026
6033.57
0.08
994,694
1027
259
77.9
35.1
Tue, Mar 17, 2026
6033.49
0.06
993,895
925
259
71.1
32.2
Mon, Mar 16, 2026
6033.43
0.09
993,296
1095
279
58.1
27.0
Sun, Mar 15, 2026
6033.34
0.04
992,399
866
302
46.8
28.0
Averages of List
6034.13
0.14
1,000,272
1252.3
266.0
75.8
38.9

Averages for March 28th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6048.61
-13.36
1,217,804
1540.68
977.79
61.97
33.27
All-Time
6033.97
1.28
1,104,657
1534.36
957.31
61.97
33.27

Last 10 March 28th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Fri, Mar 28, 2025
6036.15
-0.90
1,020,732
717
429
71.6
43.4
Thu, Mar 28, 2024
6041.47
-6.22
1,076,175
417
352
62.1
36.4
Tue, Mar 28, 2023
6025.10
10.15
912,827
1585
285
59.5
25.7
Mon, Mar 28, 2022
6018.13
17.12
849,596
1119
333
68.0
38.0
Sun, Mar 28, 2021
6033.36
1.89
1,042,741
400
418
62.0
27.0
Sat, Mar 28, 2020
6055.71
-20.46
1,294,191
684
553
49.0
27.0
Thu, Mar 28, 2019
6023.27
11.98
942,612
3071
288
75.0
41.0
Wed, Mar 28, 2018
6051.08
-15.83
1,238,295
441
514
60.0
28.0
Tue, Mar 28, 2017
6067.70
-32.45
1,448,999
3819
1258
53.0
36.0
Mon, Mar 28, 2016
6066.94
-31.69
1,438,707
966
441
66.0
37.0
Averages of List
6042.03
-6.78
1,127,887
1237
415
63.3
34.8


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Navajo Dam, NM
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day

Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Farmington, NM Weather
Water data sourced from: Lake Navajo Source Data
Weather forecast for Navajo Dam, NM
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